We know that in many ways David was a man to be emulated.  Worship of God seemed to nearly always be his way of living life – with some notable exceptions.  In reading through I and II Samuel recently, I am reminded of David’s traits of trusting God in the middle of great adversity, and his ability to simply take God at His word; yet on the very next page you will see him making decisions not according to faith, but rather according to his passions. 

David is a very accurate picture of many maturing believers whose honest, true desire is to be close to God – a worshipper in truth; yet periodically the base nature of man is seen in the life decisions that are made.  Grace is centripetal in nature, it is what continues to pull us toward Him, and enable us to affect a “course change”.  Our journey of grace reminds me of the Apollo moon flight which was off course over 90% of the time – but it was always headed in the right direction.